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Miscounting to six costs Tory stand-in his gotcha against poppy-shock Lammy

Plucked from obscurity, James Cartlidge messed up his maths while his opposite number had forgotten his politics 101

The Guardian - UK

Tory patience wears thin as Badenoch’s critics count down to May elections

With the party adrift and Reform surging, Jenrick’s allies are sharpening their pitch for a post-election reset

The Guardian - UK

Inquiry into conditions at Manston asylum centre has stalled, critics say

Lawyers acting for some of those unlawfully detained in appalling conditions at site in 2022 call for end to delays

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Defence lawyers would have used Tories’ statements to dismiss China spy case, attorney general says

Richard Hermer says failure by Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly to describe China as a threat would have been seized on in trial

The Guardian - UK

Legally binding standards to be placed on military homes under renting reforms

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the Renters’ Rights Bill will ensure military families have the homes they deserve.

Evening Standard

Kemi brings a shovel to a gunfight, and Starmer lets her dig her own hole

After a humiliating performance earlier this week, the Tory leader continues to declare war on logic, evidence and self-awareness

The Guardian - UK

Starmer vows to publish China spy evidence showing 'Tories behind case collapse' in tense PMQs standoff

The Prime Minister said he intends to release the witness statements prepared by deputy national security adviser Matt Collins in full

Evening Standard

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How the spy trial row has exposed Britain’s China problem

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox explains why successive UK governments have dithered over deciding whether Beijing is a friend or foe

The Independent UK

London mayor race: Sir James Cleverly considers running, saying: 'I'd be stupid not to think about it'

‘Watching London go wrong angers me enormously,’ says former Tory foreign secretary

Evening Standard

‘Why can’t you spell?’: James Cleverly confronted over Tories misspelling ‘Britain’

This is the moment Sir James Cleverly is confronted over his party’s misspelling of the word ‘Britain’.

The Independent UK

Conservatives pledge to rewrite London’s planning strategy if Tory mayor elected

Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly said the Conservatives will ‘get a grip’ on building in London.

Evening Standard

Inviting Tommy Robinson to Israel a ‘foolish move’ – Cleverly

Sir James Cleverly said the far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was using a ‘pro-Israeli posture” to “be anti-Muslim’.

The Independent UK

Nearly two thirds of Tory members want pact with Reform, poll suggests, with close to half supporting full merger – as it happened

Half of Tory members also want Kemi Badenoch to be replaced as Conservative leader

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Is Kemi Badenoch leading a Tory party on the brink of extinction?

In today’s newsletter: Badenoch has tried to bring a rallying spirit back at conservative conference – but their prospects look far from fun

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Judge quashes Home Office’s decision on US extradition of vulnerable man

Portugal has also made extradition request for Diogo Santos Coelho, who is facing cybercrime charges

Evening Standard

Housing Secretary to speed up building in light of latest slow planning figures

Steve Reed said: ‘It’s time to build, baby, build.’

Evening Standard

Tories will challenge Government to rule out property tax hikes

Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering ending the exemption from capital gains tax for more expensive homes.

Evening Standard

Local government reforms backed by MPs despite ‘power grab’ concerns

Transport, planning and housing will be devolved to new unitary local authorities, under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.

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Devolution bill is ‘biggest transfer of power in a generation’, Rayner tells MPs

Deputy Prime Minister says new unitary authorities will get planning, housing and transport powers devolved to them.

The Guardian - UK

‘Some brass neck’: Rayner’s allies rebuke Cleverly over council tax criticisms

Labour source says questions around deputy PM’s new seaside flat are motivated by political opportunism

Evening Standard

Axing public notices will threaten local democracy, Cleverly tells Rayner

Sir James Cleverly has demanded the Government share its assessments of how the move would hit local newspapers.

The Guardian - UK

Call it the Kemi Badenoch conundrum: it’s why the Tories are going nowhere fast

In her attempt to be all things to all people, the leader set off without a policy path. Now she has a party that can’t agree which way to go, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Independent UK

Returning James Cleverly hits out at ‘one man band’ Reform: ‘The British people deserve better’

Former foreign and home secretary warns Reform is ‘nowhere near good enough’ to govern

Evening Standard

Fact check: ‘Asylum hotels’, employment data and ‘enhanced customs monitoring’

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

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Can Kemi keep the Conservative Party afloat in London?

With Reform ahead and members split on Kemi Badenoch as leader, former Tory campaign manager Aaron Newbury still finds many in the party optimistic about a revival in the capital

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